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|nativename      = Bhandra Bhoo Vakkuppu
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|jurisdiction    = [[Kerala]]
|headquarters    = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
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|chief1_position = Minister for Revenue
|chief2_name     = Shri P. H. Kurian, IAS
|chief2_position = Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue 
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|child1_agency   = [[Kerala State Land Bank|Land Bank of Kerala]]
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The '''Department of Revenue and Land Survey''' is a government department under [[Government of Kerala]] that manages all government owned lands and decides land use policy in the [[Republic of India|India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. The department is also a government agency, deriving various taxes on land, as well as lease amounts from various government lands, which are principal sources of income for the Government. In addition, the department manages land-use policy, survey of land areas, and effective management and implementation of [[Land Reforms in Kerala|land reforms]].

==History==
The department was established as part of [[Travancore]] reforms of 1811, when H.H Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]], the Regent of Travancore, legalized the department and appointed Subba Rao as Diwan Peshkar of Travancore Pandra Vakkuppu.

==Sub-departments==
* Land Revenue Department
* Directorate of Survey and Land Records
* The State Land Board
* Disaster Management Authority<ref>{{cite web|title=Sub-departments|publisher=Government of Kerala|url=http://revenue.kerala.gov.in/|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>

Institute of Land and Disaster Management is an autonomous body that provides training to members of the department.<ref>{{cite web|title=Revenue Department Officials & Offices|url=https://kerala.gov.in/revenue|publisher=Government of Kerala|accessdate=21 June 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223204925/http://kerala.gov.in/revenue|archive-date=23 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.revenuekerala.gov.in/ Kerala Department of Revenue]
* [https://fgrouppc.com Ferrantello Group]

[[Category:Government departments of Kerala|Revenue]]
[[Category:Surveying of India]]
[[Category:Surveying organizations]]